BJP fields 18 candidates for RS polls

Jake Bell |Wednesday, March 14, 2018

MIM to support TRS in RS polls

Former Union Minister Naranbhai Rathwa, who represented Chhota Udaipur Lok Sabha constituency in Gujarat for the five terms, was nominated along with Congress leader and prominent lawyer Amee Yajnik from Gujarat. Mansukh Mandavia, minister of state for road transport and highways, and shipping, chemicals and fertilizers; and Parshottam Rupala, minister of state for panchayati raj, agriculture and farmers welfare filed their nominations for the Rajya Sabha on Monday.

The BJP and the Congress have announced lists of 18 and 12 candidates respectively for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections from Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Gujarat, Bihar, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan.

Two BJP leaders Ajay Pratap Singh and Kailash Soni will be trying their luck for Upper House from Madhya Pradesh.

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) candidates Manoj Jha and Ashfaque Karim were the first to file their nominations.

In Uttar Pradesh, it could be a tight-rope walk for BSP's Bhimrao Ambedkar, who was hoping for a smooth sailing to the Rajya Sabha with support of the Samajwadi Party and Congress. Three nominated members - actor Rekha, cricketer Sachin Tendulkar and social worker Anu Aga - will also retire then.

Elections to four Rajya Sabha seats from the State are scheduled on Mar.23. Consequently, Congress has named L. Hanumanthaiah, Syed Naseer Hussain and GC Chandrashekhar.

The party think tank thought it can request the MIM, which has seven MLAs, to support the Congress nominee, besides the remaining two TDP MLAs. "According to me, the ministers in coastal Karnataka - Ramanath Rai and UT Khader - are no less than any terrorist", he had said at the BJP Law and Parliamentary Affairs meeting.

"As many as 11 BJP candidates and an independent filed their nomination papers today".

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